Biography
Born in 1930 in Genoa. Still a young student in 1950 when director Carlo Lizzani gave him a role in the film Achtung Banditi!. Following this experience he traveled to Rome where, after acting in film and theatre, he became the Assistant Director of Lizzani, Gillo Pontecorvo, Sergio Leone, Francesco Rosi. In 1960 he made his debut as a Director with Tiro Al piccione, a film about the Partisan Resistance, on competition at the 1961 Venice Film Festival. In 1964 he directed La Moglie Svedese, an episode of the film Extraconiugale. With his second movie, Una Bella Grinta, won the special prize of the jury at the Berlin Film Festival in 1965, a film about a social climber in Italy during the time of the economic miracle. That year he also directed the second unit of Pontecorvo's masterpiece The Battle Of Algiers.
Filmography
all 76
Movies 75
Director 28
self 24
Producer 1
TV Shows 1
Writer 1
One Hour Only (2023)
Cinecittà Babilonia: Sex, Drugs and Black Shirts (2017)
The Haunting of Helena (2013)
The Entrepreneur (2011)
L'oro di Cuba (2009)
The Caiman (2006)
Years of the Eagle (1997)
Celluloide (1996)
Un eroe borghese (1995)
The Long Silence (1993)
Time to Kill (1989)
Control (1987)
Turandot (1983)
Marco Polo (1982)
A Dangerous Toy (1979)
Closed Circuit (1978)
A Genius, Two Friends, and an Idiot (1975)
Giordano Bruno (1973)
Sacco & Vanzetti (1971)
The 5th Day of Peace (1970)
Machine Gun McCain (1969)
Grand Slam (1967)
The Battle of Algiers (1966)
The Reckless (1965)
Extraconiugale (1964)
Nudi per vivere (1963)
Pigeon Shoot (1961)
The Assassin (1961)
Kapo (1960)
Esterina (1959)
The Wide Blue Road (1957)
The Most Wonderful Moment (1957)
Abandoned (1955)
Giovanna (1955)
High School (1954)
Chronicle of Poor Lovers (1954)
At the Edge of the City (1953)
La cieca di Sorrento (1953)
Attention! Bandits! (1951)
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Known ForDirecting
GenderMale
Birthday1930-02-22
Deathday2023-09-06 (93 years old)
Birth PlaceGenoa, Italy
ChildrenElisabetta Montaldo
CitizenshipsItaly
Also Known AsElio Montesti, Giuliano Monteldo
AwardsKnight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic, Premio Cinearti La chioma di Berenice
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